Ticketmaster, which was confirmed as the selling agent earlier this month, will conduct all sales - online or by post.
BBC: Glasgow 2014: Commonwealth Games ticket prices revealed
He also points to the increasing trend of free shipping and returns from online retailers as a factor in the rise in his--and all online--sales.
Yahoo hired Mr. Thompson after firing Carol Bartz, who had held the job since January 2009 but was unable to increase sales of online-advertising space on Yahoo's email, news and sports sites.
Department-store sales online were up 38%, and jewelry retailers' online sales were up 97%.
WSJ: Retailers November Sales Show Healthy Start to Holiday Season
So instead of shifting sales from online to bricks-and-mortar, he might succeed in shifting them from U.S. online merchants to foreign ones.
Mr. Frankfort said the retailer continues to expand its Web presence: Online sales are its fastest-growing full-priced channel in the U.S. Direct-to-consumer sales, which are largely made up of online sales, grew 17% in the second quarter.
By 2007, the traditional retailers, as well nontraditional ones such as Dell Computer were collecting sales tax on-line and half of online purchases were subject to sales tax.
FORBES: While Congress Debates, Internet Shoppers Cough Up Sales Tax
The industry is hitting the promotional pedal hard this year in an attempt to jump-start online sales.
Online-sales tracker IBM Benchmark put the internet shopping rise even higher - up nearly 27% compared with the Monday after Thanksgiving last year.
Still, news of the economy made us wonder about all those reports of robust spending on Black Friday and record-setting online sales during last week's Cyber Monday.
Former eBay Chief Executive Meg Whitman acquired its stake in the belief that Skype would help accelerate online sales if the buyers and sellers on the online-auction site used the service to communicate.
Under the agreement the two senators announced at the Capitol, background checks would be expanded to all for-profit transactions including sales at gun shows and online, with records kept by licensed gun-dealers who would handle the paperwork.
But as Web sites come up with more ways to wring profit from online advertising and sales--often using methods that Google opposes--a better analogy might be the Web's watchdog.
More than three-fourths of Oddball sales are online today.
FORBES: You Know What They Say About Big Feet? Oddball Brothers Have The Answer
New York-based 800America.com touted its Web sites, offering everything from online payment services to sales of closed-out merchandise.
In contrast, both online and out-of-town shopping have risen, with online sales doubling since 2000 to 10% and predicted to rise to more than 12% by 2014.
One potential remedy is to create a face-to-virtual-face interaction with a helpful, friendly looking, online sales assistant in the hope that, seeing a human-like figure who responds in a human manner, the customer will forge a relationship with the online business.
Staples boasts more than 2, 000 stores in 25 countries, as well as an absolutely massive online presence, weighing in as the second-largest online retailer in the world by sales.
Sales improved in all three distribution channels (in-store, online and digital delivery) and they expect to continue to increase sales 20% to 25% in the coming year.
When the target audience members fired up their Palm devices, they were greeted with a simple text-and-graphics message, which described Intraware's online software sales and services and asked them to submit their e-mail address for more information.
Wise firms were following the rising star of online non-food sales, which were up by 18%.
Then Apple opens up online pre-order sales and sells out the first shipment almost immediately.
FORBES: How We Journalists Get Sucked Into the Apple's iPhone Hype
As a result, many online sales are essentially tax-free, giving Internet retailers a big advantage over brick-and-mortar stores.
Airtours' Mytravel.com, however, uses home-grown software to execute sales online, says a spokeswoman.
The bookstore giant is losing market share to Amazon's online sales and to e-book readers such as Amazon's Kindle.
But lawmakers from the few non-sales-tax states are often concerned about online businesses located in those states and what collecting sales tax would mean for them.
Meanwhile, The Wall Street Journal reported last month that Christie's plans to offer at least 30 online-only art sales this year, up from just seven last year.
Granted, Google didn't seem to have many options: Apple, by far the dominant player in online digital-media sales, doesn't currently license its Fairplay DRM, and Microsoft is one of Google's biggest competitors.
Primark - who has just reported a 25% jump in sales - does very little of its trade online, and has instead focused on price competitiveness and keeping up with fashion trends.
The leak is a Powerpoint slideshow that apparently contains screenshots from an online course for sales people -- so there's been at least one twist in its journey before it reached us, and that's reason in itself to be a bit cautious.
ENGADGET: Leaked BB 10 sales training manual reveals a few more specs, promises 70K apps at launch
应用推荐